Chinese

合法

/xɤ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
legal; lawful; legitimate
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese合 “to close; to shut”
    • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
      • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • characterChinese法 “law; rule; regulation; statute”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • meaningChinese廌 “a kind of small deer-like ungulate, antelope”
    • soundChinese盍 “why; how”

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